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Misidentified any birds lately?

Among Greg Ellifritz’s most recent Weekly Knowledge Dump (You’re not subscribed? WFT not? Use the little blue box at the link.) items was this little…

April 20, 2025
Potato Chips Anointed in Blood
Are you OK? Are you alright? Help Medic! I'm stupid like that sometimes Prepping

Potato Chips Anointed in Blood

So…Mrs. Freeholder decided she wanted burgers and chips for supper. No grocery store chips in the house, but I’m a prepper. We have potatoes and…

June 29, 2024June 29, 2024
How bad is it…
Prepping Public Service Announcements

How bad is it…

…when you steal your inspiration, which is desperately needed because you still feel like crap most days, from a guy who is undergoing multiple procedures…

May 21, 2024June 26, 2024
Stop The Bleed Month
Are you OK? Are you alright? Help Medic! Prepping

Stop The Bleed Month

May is Stop The Bleed Month. Stop The Bleed is a program of instruction aimed at teaching bystanders how to save lives by preventing exsanguination–you…

May 4, 2024
Readywise Freeze-dried Foods
I do these things so you don't have to Prepping

Readywise Freeze-dried Foods

If you’ve been at the prepping thing for any length of time, you’ve heard about freeze-dried foods, even if you haven’t bought any. Freeze-dried foods…

December 7, 2023December 7, 2023
What do you do when the drugs run out?
Prepping You can't always get what you want

What do you do when the drugs run out?

There’s a title you can take at least four ways: There are probably others that don’t occur to me at the moment. I suspect it…

November 12, 2023November 12, 2023
Something has gone wild
Economics Prepping Things That Make You Go Hm-m-m

Something has gone wild

Remember the commercials for the “Girls Gone Wild” videos? You were promised all these nubile young things doing all sorts of questionable activities. It turned…

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023
Camping
Prepping

Camping

Part of my recent disappearing act was going camping–but not just any camping, I was Bug Out Camping. Bug Out Camp is a 3-day event…

November 5, 2023November 5, 2023
Help, medic!
Prepping

Help, medic!

I ran across something that may prove useful even if things don’t go sideways. While you’re building that thing, be careful to vet the kit…

August 17, 2023August 17, 2023
Where was Jack when the lights went out?
Prepping

Where was Jack when the lights went out?

Well, he wasn’t in the dark, because this blackout started at 9 AM. Somebody hit a pole near us. The power went off, came back…

July 25, 2023July 25, 2023
This might come in handy
5 Minute Prepping Prepping

This might come in handy

I don’t think there’s a particular reason to run out and finish off your prep list, but I needed some quick content. Grandkids have been…

March 27, 2023March 27, 2023
Where was Jack when the lights went out?
Prepping

Where was Jack when the lights went out?

Probably groping for a flashlight, especially if he wasn’t a prepper. Ah, but we’re smarter than ol’ Jack. While we may carry a tiny flashlight…

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023
A blast from the past
Prepping

A blast from the past

I’ve mentioned here or there that I’m not quite desperately trying to clean out the basement from years worth of this and that that’s been…

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022
Know your knots
Modern Life Skills Prepping

Know your knots

You never know when you’re going to need a good one.

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022
What’s your lifeboat plan?
Prepping

What’s your lifeboat plan?

Watch this YouTube video. It’s a bit less than 5 minutes, and I’ll wait right here. Well, I’ll be down below the video. Financial forecasters…

August 24, 2022August 24, 2022
Where was Jack when the lights went out?
Housekeeping Prepping

Where was Jack when the lights went out?

Stumbling around in the dark, cursing himself because he hadn’t bought a decent flashlight, and hoping that sound he heard wasn’t an intruder. A few…

August 14, 2022August 14, 2022
Back to “busy”
Prepping Situational Awareness

Back to “busy”

While I’m not having migraines and the weather is warm (my weather station claims 81o at 1 PM today), I’m working outside. Much trimming of…

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022
Everyone needs at least one good knife
Prepping Tools and using them

Everyone needs at least one good knife

Like the post title says, “Everyone needs a good knife.” In actuality, you need several. A bunch is even better. And as Project Farm demonstrates…

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022
Powering up
Home Energy Production Prepping

Powering up

(Note: Astute reader Robert noted that I’d made a mistake in my table. An open circuit can have no amperage, since by definition that’s a…

January 7, 2022January 26, 2022
Even peppers get old
Prepping Sometimes I sits and thinks and sometimes I just sits Uncomfortable Thoughts

Even peppers get old

First, go read this piece by Wayne Bosak at SurvivalBlog. I’ll wait here. When you’re a young man (or woman) in your 20s or 30s,…

January 5, 2022January 4, 2022
Need a reason?
Prepping Situational Awareness

Need a reason?

This is why I have a rule about fuel in vehicles-“3/4 = empty”. It used to be the old “1/2 = empty”, but I changed…

January 4, 2022January 4, 2022
I have to say that I didn’t think of this problem
I'm stupid like that sometimes Prepping

I have to say that I didn’t think of this problem

I own a fair bit of older, well-seasoned equipment. I’ve even had it break and parts not be available. But for some reason, it never…

December 18, 2021December 19, 2021
Basic Training
Prepping

Basic Training

If you’ve been in the military, even the Air Force, basic training is indelibly etched into your memory, and with good reason-it’s supposed to work…

December 15, 2021December 14, 2021
Bleeding control when you can’t use a tourniquet
Are you OK? Are you alright? Help Medic! Prepping

Bleeding control when you can’t use a tourniquet

A new device, approved by the TCCC, is available for bleeding control in places where a tourniquet won’t work. The iTClamp works by securing the…

December 11, 2021December 11, 2021
I’m finally done carrying wood
Prepping You just have to put your head down and plow

I’m finally done carrying wood

Rain delays, doctor appointments and so on could delay me but not stop me. The wood is carried and stacked. By measurement, this is between…

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021
Good wood warms you twice
Ham Radio Prepping

Good wood warms you twice

I keep thinking about that old saying, and wondering if making an online transfer to the natural gas company or the electric company might not…

October 1, 2021October 3, 2021
2 Minute Warning
Prepping Sometimes I sits and thinks and sometimes I just sits

2 Minute Warning

This past weekend, we got our 2 minute warning in relationship to the change of seasons. While it wasn’t that cold (lows in the mid-40s,…

September 29, 2021September 29, 2021
The food weapon
Prepping

The food weapon

Don’t think that those who hate us and want us to die won’t use food as a weapon. Hungry people will do almost anything to…

September 8, 2021September 6, 2021
10 Weeks to Preparedness
Prepping

10 Weeks to Preparedness

I’ve had this sitting in a tab long enough that I’ve forgotten where I found it. It’s been about 13 or 14 years since I…

September 7, 2021September 6, 2021
I think this is important
Prepping Situational Awareness

I think this is important

The migraines have been co-operating lately, so I’ve been much more physically active. And then yesterday I wrenched my back vacuuming the house. So today…

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021

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